Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2007

Steele v. Watson

Steele v. Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 15, 2007
37 A.D.3d 284; 828 N.Y.S.2d 810
Steele v. Watson

Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George D. Salerno, J.), entered on or about June 19, 2005, which, in an action to recover the cash collateral paid by plaintiff to secure a bail bond releasing her son from jail, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Any possible cause of action accrued when bail was exonerated upon plaintiffs son’s plea of guilty, nearly 12 years before plaintiffs commencement of the action, and is time-barred (CPLR 213 [2]; 214 [3]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Friedman, Sweeny and Kavanagh, JJ.

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